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@uitrit gisten strnt @fitta JULIUS VOM Horn, or BROOKLYN, E. D., NEWYORK. i

Letters .Patent No. 71,344, dated .November 26, 1867.

IMPROVED FISHING-REEL.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCEN:

VBel it known that I, JULIUS VOM HOPE, of N o. 230 Graham avenue,Brooklyn, Eastern District, in the county` of Kings, and in the State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvein'ent inFishingReelsand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which willenable those skilled i inthe art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of` this specification, in which drawingl i Figure 1represents an end view of this invention.

Figure 2 is a. central section thereof.

Similar letters indicate 'corresponding parts. I

' This invention consists in thc arrangement of a. bridge with a longtubular bearing, in `combination with the driving-shaft, and with theplate which formsithe step of said driving-shaft, said bridge being usedin addition to the cap which usually forms the bearing for the shaft,intsuch a manner that both bearings of the drivingshaft are' rigidlyconnected to one and the same plate, and consequently said bearings arenot thrown out of line when the cap is screwed down, and the shaft isnot liable to bind or to rattle. V

A represents the frame of my reel, 'said frame being composed of twoplates 0r disks aib, which are con-V nected by tic-rods c, and whichform the bearings for the gudgeons of the reel B. One of these,gudgeons4 Vextends through the disk b, and on its end is mounted apinion, d, which gears into a cog-wheel, e, mounted on the driving-shaftf. In ordinary shing-reels this driving-shaft is stepped at one end in asocket, g, in the. disk b, and its other end has its bearing in atubular projection, k, of the cap C. This cap is secured to thedisk,

bymeans of three or more screws t', and if these screws are not screwedup with great care, the bearing 71. is liable to bind on the shaft, andsaid shaft is caused to run hard or the 'bearing must be relieved, andthen the shaft is liableV to rattle. This difficulty is avoided by thearrangement of abridge, j, which is rigidly secured to the disk b, andwhich is provided with a tubular projection, lr, t'o form the bearingfor the shaftf. This bridge, when screwed down, is not liable to causethe shaft to bind, and said shaft can be `fitted `int the bearing .7csor nicely that'it runs perfectly free without rattling. -The tubularprojection t'of the cap, can either .be `dispensed with, or it may bebored out to fit over the tube R, as shown in the drawing. Thehandle Dis secured to the end of the shaftf in the usual manner. I

By this arrangement I am enabled to produce a shingree1 which runsperfectly free, and which is not liable to rattle. i

What I claim as new, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent, is

The bridge j, in combination with the disk b, shaft j', andcap C,substantially as and for the purpose described.

' JULIUS .VOM HOFE. Witnesses: i

W. HAUFF,

GUsmv BERG.

